Craig Ferguson Quotes
That’s the thing about terrorism – it works. Especially for the terrorists – they might not get what they want but it feels damn good trying.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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Everything has become so easy. It's great that it's at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we're connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we're speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.
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I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.
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I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And this experience has taught me that ultimately, it's a good script, good work that matters, whether in Bollywood or in the South.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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Competition is good and has served us well.
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I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
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The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
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I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.
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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
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It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.
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I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.
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I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.
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That’s the thing about terrorism – it works. Especially for the terrorists – they might not get what they want but it feels damn good trying.
